Thursday, February 06, 2003

Wake Forest Demon Deacons move to 16-2....J. Howard drops another 24, as we take it to NC State. We someone please start talking about this guy for player of the year!!!!

Scrapple Face just keeps the hits coming - the latest post is about Saddam coming clean...The one about Dustin Hoffman is also hysterical.

With the threat of additional inspections looming, Saddam Hussein today ordered his military commanders to begin opening up sites where the Iraqi government has hidden weapons of mass destruction.
Mr. Hussein said it was the relentless call for more inspections that finally made him blink, and capitulate to the demands of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1441.
"A man can only take so much pressure," said Mr. Hussein. "The French, Germans, Chinese and Russians remained steadfast in their demand for continuing inspections, and we are frankly helpless to resist the force of their will."

Monday, February 03, 2003

Great article on why downloading music is a good thing for the artist. One of the best and most comprehensive articles on the subject that I have read to date. Its main point is that downloading needs to be embraced and I have to say that I agree.

There's a provocative piece on P2P.com regarding piracy and on-line distribution titled "Piracy Is Progressive Taxation, and Other Thoughts on the Evolution of Online Distribution," by Tim O'Reilly. His article discusses a number of subjects, including:

Obscurity is a far greater threat to authors and creative artists than piracy.
Piracy is progressive taxation.
Customers want to do the right thing, if they can.
Shoplifting is a bigger threat than piracy.
File-sharing networks don't threaten book, music, or film publishing, they threaten existing publishers.
"Free" is eventually replaced by a higher-quality paid service
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